Manafort’s Feb. 8 sentencing canceled

Source: Politico | January 28, 2019 | Darren Samuelsohn

The judge postponed a sentencing on bank- and tax-fraud charges until the former Trump campaign chairman resolves a separate dispute with Robert Mueller over lying charges.

A federal judge on Monday abruptly canceled Paul Manafort’s Feb. 8 sentencing date in his Northern Virginia courtroom, leaving open-ended the fate of the former Donald Trump campaign chairman.

U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III in a one-page order said he was postponing Manafort’s sentencing on charges of bank and tax fraud until the longtime GOP operative resolves a separate dispute with Robert Mueller’s prosecutors over charges he lied during his cooperation with the special counsel and in testimony before a grand jury.

Ellis presided last summer over Manafort’s trial in Alexandria, Va., where the former Trump aide was convicted on eight counts for hiding millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts and evading federal taxes. Legal experts say the 69-year-old operative is likely to get seven to 10 years in prison.

But Manafort is in the middle of another fight with Mueller over allegations he intentionally lied during meetings with the special counsel and while testifying to the grand jury. Manafort had pledged to cooperate as part of his guilty plea to avoid a second trial in Washington, D.C.

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